Washington as a freemason – Antique Wall Art
![Washington as a freemason, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/99/996b8ab45d9a-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Washington as a freemason, preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Washington as a freemason
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Here Washington appears in his Masonic role, a side of his public life that gets less attention than his military and presidential careers. He was initiated into a lodge in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1752 and later presided over a lodge in Alexandria, and the fraternity's rituals and regalia were a common subject for patriotic imagery in the nineteenth century. The library's shelflist card credits the print to the Strobridge Lithograph Company, a commercial firm known for inexpensive popular lithographs, though the card gives no date.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on shelflist card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Strobridge Lith. Co. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,212 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110621 |
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